(Juno Beach,  August 6, 2011)

Faith,  courage and instinct resonate with these massive reptiles.  I am amazed every time I spot a turtle come to shore to lay her eggs on a Florida summer night. They are defenseless.  Whether it is a false crawl or they are digging.  it takes an enormous amount of time, diligence and navigation in the dark–a place that scares many of us.   

Even a turtle has lessons to teach us about risk taking, courage and perseverance.

As the saying goes, “If you take a risk in your life, you may lose.  If you never take a risk, you always lose”.   The female turtle takes enormous risks every night to make her  journey to the shore but the rewards are huge.

(Photographs were taken when turtles were by the ocean on their return trip with back lighting so nesting or journey not disturbed.)